Category Archives: Canadian Press
Is Vancouver's housing market losing its sizzle? Some facts on August home sales
VANCOUVER - Some facts on home sale figures for August released Friday by the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver, the first month of data available since the B.C. government brought in a tax on fo...
Sep 02, 2016

Veteran Adam Lancia going for one wheelchair basketball medal at Paralympics
TORONTO - Morning practice has ended and the Canadian men’s wheelchair basketball team heads out for a quick lunch. But veteran Adam Lancia still has work to do on his wheelchair before he can e...
Sep 02, 2016

P.K. confident younger brothers, Malcolm and Jordan, will carve path to NHL
P.K. Subban’s two younger brothers thought he was only joking when he told them he’d been traded to the Predators. The elder Subban texted word of the deal, which sent him from Montreal to...
Sep 02, 2016
Vancouver home sales fall in August after new tax on foreign buyers
VANCOUVER - Home sales in the Vancouver area tumbled 26 per cent in August compared to the same month last year, as observers say a new tax on foreign buyers accelerated a cooling trend in the market....
Sep 02, 2016
Man detained in Egypt without charge returns to Canada: family
TORONTO - The family of a Toronto-area resident who had been detained in Egypt without charge says the man has returned to Canada. Khaled Al-Qazzaz - a permanent resident of Canada and a University of...
Sep 02, 2016

US factory orders up 1.9 per cent in July, best in 9 months
WASHINGTON - Orders to U.S. factories increased in July by the largest amount in nine months, propelled by a big jump in demand for commercial aircraft. The key category that tracks business investmen...
Sep 02, 2016
Case of man accused in crossbow slaying of 3 put over to Sept. 23
TORONTO - The case of a man accused of killing his mother and two of his brothers in a bloody crossbow attack has been put over to Sept. 23. Brett Ryan, 35, is charged with three counts of first-degre...
Sep 02, 2016
Brock Turner leaves jail, gets hate mail for sexual assault
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Brock Turner, the former Stanford University swimmer convicted of sexually assaulting a young woman on campus, was handed a package by guards as he exited a California jail on Frida...
Sep 02, 2016
'Creed' star Michael B Jordan lends himself to 2K17
Michael B. Jordan scored with a breakthrough role in a football series and took a swing at movie stardom in a boxing flick. The “Creed” star has transitioned to basketball for his latest -...
Sep 02, 2016

Dwyane Wade mourns cousin, urges tougher gun laws in Chicago
Dwyane Wade has lashed out against Chicago’s gun laws, calling them weak and saying he’s urged officials in his hometown to enact changes to make the city safer. The Chicago Bulls star, wh...
Sep 02, 2016